Who should be the Favorite for Toney vs. Rahman?

[The Wire]

Toney should win this by UD. I believe that if he does that puts him in the top five p4p, as he is fighting well out of his natural weight class (he's shorter than LIGHTWEIGHT Diego Corrales for ****s sake!), and his wins over Jirov, Holyfield and Rahman would cement it

[TheEvilSaint]

toney, of course.

toney by TKO or UD.

[RAESAAD]

The vegas lines are out and they have listed Toney as a favorite. I would have thought it would be close to even because of Rahman's size

I thought Rahman would be a slight favorite but I don't think it is wrong to have either guy slightly favored.......If it was heavy one way or another I would bet on the Dog.

[jabsRstiff]

Rahman was manhandled by a shot Evander Holyfield.
Toney toyed with & destroyed a shot Evander Holyfield.

Rahman was decisioned by the disgraceful John Ruiz.
Toney easily decisioned the disgraceful John Ruiz.

Rahman has been knocked cold. Doesn't matter who did it to him, his chin has been seriously dented.
Toney's hasn't.

Rahman is kinda lumbering, & very orthodox. His size means nothing, because he's not going to hit Toney cleanly. Even if he does, it will only be with one shot at a time, & Toney hasn't shown he's easy to hurt.

Toney spanks Rahman to an easy decision win.

He should definitely be the favorite over Rahman.

[paul750]

I don't totally agree with the holyfield comparison. i think Evander just had one last good fight, and it happened to be agaist Rahman, who was a conventional heavyweight. Remember Holyfield actually started off very well against Toney before fading away because he was shot.

[jabsRstiff]

I don't totally agree with the holyfield comparison. i think Evander just had one last good fight, and it happened to be agaist Rahman, who was a conventional heavyweight. Remember Holyfield actually started off very well against Toney before fading away because he was shot.

Holyfield started well against Toney ? He barely landed a punch.

That was the biggest difference between the Toney & Rahman fights, for Evander.
One guy made him miss, & then pay.....the other just stood & took it.

[paul750]

Holyfield started well against Toney ? He barely landed a punch.

That was the biggest difference between the Toney & Rahman fights, for Evander.
One guy made him miss, & then pay.....the other just stood & took it.

He still won the first round fairly easily, i'll maybe check out the fight later on again.

[jabsRstiff]

He still won the first round fairly easily, i'll maybe check out the fight later on again.

He won the first round, because he was busier....while Toney was sizing him up. He still landed nothing resembling a damaging punch in that round, however.

[hollister]

I agree with just about everyone else here, Toney should win this fairly easily. I don't think he's tall enough to hit the taller, standup fighters and unify, but skillwise he's the best
of all the heavies IMO

[paul750]

He won the first round, because he was busier....while Toney was sizing him up. He still landed nothing resembling a damaging punch in that round, however.

Ok just watched it again. Holyfield landed some solid left hooks and even looked to rock Toney slighly at the end of the round. anyway we'll agree to disagree.